the Suede Palace just as they opened the doors, 1st time I've ever been in there without a crowd around every car.

a recreation of the Grasshopper

a couple of cars in the contention for the AMBR award

and great news, James Hetfield has Rick Dore working on another masterpiece above... based on the design of the Figoni and Falashi 1938 Delahaye 165 cabriolet

and I think that the above is the only dual rear window I've ever seen

plus recreations of Norm Grabowski's Lightning Bug, and below, the original Moonshiner of Mickey Himsl

and I was also happy to see this for the first time, Tommy Ivo's trailer! I wish more of the trailers and transporters were brought to car shows.... they get as much attention (as Don Prudhomme proved) as the show cars

David emailed me the following:
In the 1930s, the railroads introduced Streamlined Passenger trains
to bring excitement and to lure
passengers to back the rails, as the recent lowering of the prices of cars (Model T etc) had discouraged spending money on riding trains when a used car was quite affordable.

Other railroad companies (like the Burlington Route did
with its Zephyrs,
the Union Pacific did with its "City" streamliner
trains,
the Illinios Central's did with its Green Diamond trains,
and the
Baltimore and Ohio did with its Royal Blue/Abraham Lincoln trains )
spent "big money" purchasing a new diesel locomotive and streamlined train sets during the depression, the frugal New York
Central turned to Henry Dreyfuss, an industrial designer, for its “clean lined” design.

The locomotive
shops in Albany, NY upgraded the spoke-type driving
wheels with disc-type driving wheels (for better balance
for higher rotational speed), roller bearings, and were given "White
walls" and centers to contrast with the I-beam connecting rods.

The wheels and rods were illuminated at night to "add visual excitement" for
the introduction of the new 1936 trains. Passenger cars were rebuilt
from 1920s commuter coaches and upgraded to beautiful matched
Streamlined passenger cars by the railroad's Indianapolis Car shops.

Running between (appropriately) Detroit, MI and
Cleveland, OH, via Toledo, OH, the train was scheduled at 165 miles in
165 minutes westbound for Detroit and 170 minutes Eastbound, (including
stops).

1969 Dodge Coronet was found in a canal at the intersection of the 595 and the I 75 about 10 miles West of Fort Lauderdale, it has been there since two teens disappeared in 1978, after leaving a concert.

Atchison went to a concert with Null, and, like so much in this case, there are conflicting reports about the show, Amaya said.

From there, Atchison reportedly had friends over to his house for a "get-together" since his parents were out of town, his sister said.
"Wade and Dana got into an argument and my brother jumped into the car to blow off steam and she ended up jumping in the car with him," Amaya told ABC News.

A second search of the Florida canal where a 1969 Dodge was found has led to the discovery of human remains at the scene, police said today.

Harry "Wade" Atchison, 19, and his friend Dana Null, 15, were last seen driving away from his home in his car on the night of Oct. 7, 1978, and the first break in the case in decades came when his car was found on Wednesday.

Now, a dive team has recovered bones, police said, though they need to be tested by the medical examiner's office before any DNA matches can be confirmed. Atchison's sister, Donna Amaya, told ABC News that the investigator said the bones were from the lower half of person's body, "like a femer," but she was not given any further information.

Amaya said the discovery of her brother's car was when she truly believed that her brother was dead, and now after the discovery of remains, "it's a whole different ballgame."

Both Atchison's parents and Null's parents have since died but both have sisters who were notified when the car was discovered by a sanitation worker in the town of Sunrise on Wednesday.

Someone, or some people decided it was time to sell off their Vipers, from the earliest, #61 (1992) that went for 43 thou.... to a '96, this 2010 and the 2002 Hennessey Venom, plus a 1300 mile 1997 that only went for 50 thou

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Similar to the GN these turbo charged V6 all wheel drive beasts spanked everything around when they rolled out of GM in 1991. Even the Vette lost.

They only made 2,995 trucks, and Car and Driver recorded it's 0-60mph sprint time of 4.3 seconds - quicker than any Ferrari or Corvette available. 113 of the 2,995 Syclone trucks were shipped out of the country as export sales. 31 of those export sales were returned unsold from Saudi Arabia to the GMC facility in Pontiac, Michigan. These were referred to as the "Saudi" Syclones. 30 were sold at lottery to GMC employees and one was used for parts.